Eviction of 200 Families Leads to Violent Clashes in Brazil

Protesters set at least one bus ablaze while police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades in an effort to disperse the crowd in Sao Paolo.

Image: *** BESTPIX *** Homeless Activists Clash With Sao Paulo Police During Eviction Attempt

A bus torched by protesters sits in front of the Municipal Theater after a repossession of a building inhabited illegally by theFLM (Front Fight for Housing) social movement Sept. 16, in the city center of Sao Paulo, Brazil.Victor Moriyama / Getty Images

Sept. 16, 2014, 9:29 PM UTC

A bus torched by protesters sits in front of the Municipal Theater after a repossession of a building inhabited illegally by the FLM (Front Fight for Housing) social movement, in the city center of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday.

The eviction of 200 families from the building led to violent clashes. Protesters set at least one bus ablaze while police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades in an effort to disperse the crowd.

Image: A man and a baby, who voluntarily left an occupied building, are framed by the shields of police standing guard during an eviction operation — A man and a baby, who voluntarily left an occupied building, are framed by the shields of police standing guard during an eviction operation in downtown Sao Paulo, on Tuesday.Andre Penner / AP